I am related to marshall tallard who was in the spanish succesion and he is french(read below)?

Question

there is a town called tallard in france. supposiveley named after marshal tallard who is an ancestor of mine. does my family partially own the city,am i considered royalty if i go there

Answer 1

Check out this for back-up history. It's not genealogy (just history), but you might find some clues. Clicking on "full view" will give you books that are public domain that you can download and read in their entirety.

http://books.google.com/books?q=marshal+...

Answer 2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camille_d%2...

You may want to review this article, and how you interpret it. He was involved in a War, called the War of Spanish Succession. That is completely different from being "in" the Spanish succession.

I would also carefully investigate.. was the town named for him, or could his family have taken their name FROM the town? It is one common way that people came by surnames.  Either way.. having a town of the same name does not indicate that his family owned it, and certainly, it would not make you royalty by going there.

Answer 3

Just because a city is named after someone doesn't mean they own it.